Canada vs France: Cumulative CO₂ emissions

Canada

35.64 billion tonnes

in 2024

France

40.05 billion tonnes

in 2024

Canada rank

9th

France rank

8th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions over time

France currently reports 40.05 billion tonnes against 35.64 billion tonnes in Canada, a difference of 4.40 billion tonnes.

That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

Across all 217 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 9th and France ranks 8th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.